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. - . - April 4, 1994
VCU Voice
A Publication for Faculty and Staff on Virginia Commonwealth University's Academic and Medical College of Virginia Campus~s
Visiting Nursing Professor Is
Proof of st. Philip's Legacy
By Bill Edwards
freelance writer
Elizabeth Carnegie
recently stood in an office at
the VCU School of Nursing
on East Broad Street and
looked out of a fifth floor
window she could not have
looked out of when she was
on th~ nursing faculty in the
carly 19405. In those years,
Carnegie's work was con­fined
to the St. Philip
Hospital School of Nursing,
which was founded by the
Medical College of Virginia
in 1920 as a "parallel" nurs­ing
program for black
women.
.. , was young. just out
of college and it was my first
teaching job," Carnegie said.
." don 't know whether one
school was beller than the
other because I never set foot
in this building, or in the
white hospital...but I do know
we had a good school, and
that's really what is impor­tant.
Many graduates of SI.
Philip went on to distinguish
themselves in their nursing
careers."
Elizabeth Carnegie, a graduate ofMCV's St. Philip Hospital
School of Nursing, returned to the university this spring as
a visiting professor in the School of Nursing.
Carnegie's career has
not been without its own
distinctions. After leaving SI.
Philip, the Baltimore native
went on to earn a reputation
as a pioneer of nursing educa-tion
and one of the world's fore­most
authorities on the history of
black women in nursing. This
semester, she returned to the
nursing school as a visiting pro­fessor
to lecture on the history of
nursing, and on her own meth­ods
of historical research.
"I believe the old adage,
' You don't know where you 're
going if you don' t know where
you' ve been.' Students of nurs­ing
can do a beller job when
they understand the history of
'iiliGNFeatures I
Photo by Jim Johns
their profession," Carnegie
said.
Carnegie trained at the
Lincoln School for Nurses in
New York City in 1934-37,
then went on to West Vir­ginia
State College to earn a
bachelor's degree in sociol­ogy.
After teaching obstetric
nursing at SI. Philip from
1942-43 as one of the
school's first black faculty
Continues 011 page 2
Development News ........ 2 Faculty Assistance and National Library Week
Mentorship Ellhancement Events at VCU ......•......... 5
News Briefs .................... 3 Program Helps Junior Fac-ulty
Succeed ....................... 4 People in the News ......... 7
HARVIE , LUCY M
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
BOX 9805'tO
Popularity of Women's
Sports Is on the Rise
By john Saroay
edilOr
As the NCAA Women',
Basketball Final Four games
arri ve at the Richmond Coli­seum,
VCU Athletic Diren or
Richard Sander says he is inter­ested
in three things: the quality
of the event, the quality of the
competition and the econom ic
benefits for the City of Rich­mond.
These factors, he says, arc
instrumental in keeping VCU' s
name in people's minds and in
further enhancing the status of
women's collegiate athletics.
"We get a lot of feedback
from people in the stands, from
the city for the boost it gets,
frem the coaches and players,
and from the area students who
participate in the ath letic clin­ics,"
Sander says. VCU rece ived
Continues on page 2
VCU will host,
two--day
cOliference,
"Brown vs. Board
of Education: 40
Years Later" on
April 7 and 8.
•
See page 6 for
details.
Payroll Survey Shows
Satisfaction with Process
ByJohn Smvay
editor
When the payroll depart­ment
sent questionnaires to some
400 deans, department chairs
and fiscal administrators last
fall, Allen Davis was cautiously
hopeful about the response.
"It's been something
we' ve been thinking of doing for
quite some time," says Davis,
director of payroll accounting
and effort reporting. "In fina n­cial
operations, we know that
administrative effort and effi­ciency
are essential, so we
wanted to look at ways we
can do a better job. The best
benchmark for us was how
the university perceived our
operation."
The 135 responses re­ceived
indicate that, overall, the
university thinks payroll is doing
a good job. Respondents said
that they contacted the office
fewer than three times a month,
and that they found the staff to
be helpful.
But Davis says the survey
also was designed to solicit input
on streamlining and efficiency,
which increases customer service.
This continues to be a priority
goal of the administrative divi- .
sian.
'''The survey includes not
only questions about what we
are doing and how we are doing,
but whether there are items we
can eliminate in our process. We
Continues on page 7

. - . - April 4, 1994
VCU Voice
A Publication for Faculty and Staff on Virginia Commonwealth University's Academic and Medical College of Virginia Campus~s
Visiting Nursing Professor Is
Proof of st. Philip's Legacy
By Bill Edwards
freelance writer
Elizabeth Carnegie
recently stood in an office at
the VCU School of Nursing
on East Broad Street and
looked out of a fifth floor
window she could not have
looked out of when she was
on th~ nursing faculty in the
carly 19405. In those years,
Carnegie's work was con­fined
to the St. Philip
Hospital School of Nursing,
which was founded by the
Medical College of Virginia
in 1920 as a "parallel" nurs­ing
program for black
women.
.. , was young. just out
of college and it was my first
teaching job" Carnegie said.
." don 't know whether one
school was beller than the
other because I never set foot
in this building, or in the
white hospital...but I do know
we had a good school, and
that's really what is impor­tant.
Many graduates of SI.
Philip went on to distinguish
themselves in their nursing
careers."
Elizabeth Carnegie, a graduate ofMCV's St. Philip Hospital
School of Nursing, returned to the university this spring as
a visiting professor in the School of Nursing.
Carnegie's career has
not been without its own
distinctions. After leaving SI.
Philip, the Baltimore native
went on to earn a reputation
as a pioneer of nursing educa-tion
and one of the world's fore­most
authorities on the history of
black women in nursing. This
semester, she returned to the
nursing school as a visiting pro­fessor
to lecture on the history of
nursing, and on her own meth­ods
of historical research.
"I believe the old adage,
' You don't know where you 're
going if you don' t know where
you' ve been.' Students of nurs­ing
can do a beller job when
they understand the history of
'iiliGNFeatures I
Photo by Jim Johns
their profession" Carnegie
said.
Carnegie trained at the
Lincoln School for Nurses in
New York City in 1934-37,
then went on to West Vir­ginia
State College to earn a
bachelor's degree in sociol­ogy.
After teaching obstetric
nursing at SI. Philip from
1942-43 as one of the
school's first black faculty
Continues 011 page 2
Development News ........ 2 Faculty Assistance and National Library Week
Mentorship Ellhancement Events at VCU ......•......... 5
News Briefs .................... 3 Program Helps Junior Fac-ulty
Succeed ....................... 4 People in the News ......... 7
HARVIE , LUCY M
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
BOX 9805'tO
Popularity of Women's
Sports Is on the Rise
By john Saroay
edilOr
As the NCAA Women',
Basketball Final Four games
arri ve at the Richmond Coli­seum,
VCU Athletic Diren or
Richard Sander says he is inter­ested
in three things: the quality
of the event, the quality of the
competition and the econom ic
benefits for the City of Rich­mond.
These factors, he says, arc
instrumental in keeping VCU' s
name in people's minds and in
further enhancing the status of
women's collegiate athletics.
"We get a lot of feedback
from people in the stands, from
the city for the boost it gets,
frem the coaches and players,
and from the area students who
participate in the ath letic clin­ics"
Sander says. VCU rece ived
Continues on page 2
VCU will host,
two--day
cOliference,
"Brown vs. Board
of Education: 40
Years Later" on
April 7 and 8.
•
See page 6 for
details.
Payroll Survey Shows
Satisfaction with Process
ByJohn Smvay
editor
When the payroll depart­ment
sent questionnaires to some
400 deans, department chairs
and fiscal administrators last
fall, Allen Davis was cautiously
hopeful about the response.
"It's been something
we' ve been thinking of doing for
quite some time" says Davis,
director of payroll accounting
and effort reporting. "In fina n­cial
operations, we know that
administrative effort and effi­ciency
are essential, so we
wanted to look at ways we
can do a better job. The best
benchmark for us was how
the university perceived our
operation."
The 135 responses re­ceived
indicate that, overall, the
university thinks payroll is doing
a good job. Respondents said
that they contacted the office
fewer than three times a month,
and that they found the staff to
be helpful.
But Davis says the survey
also was designed to solicit input
on streamlining and efficiency,
which increases customer service.
This continues to be a priority
goal of the administrative divi- .
sian.
'''The survey includes not
only questions about what we
are doing and how we are doing,
but whether there are items we
can eliminate in our process. We
Continues on page 7